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Third from the Sun: Geographical features as seen from space

The use of satellites to give information about our planet. The history of gathering information and how satellites have increased our ability to do this.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/landsat/index.html

The Altimetry Atlas

This site makes available mean sea surface and gravity anomaly maps of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, computed from satellite altimeter data gathered by satellite.

http://www.deos.tudelft.nl/AS/altim/atlas/

How Satellites Work

A brief description of how Satellites work. Part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/satellite.htm

Satellites and Space Probes

Answers to questions commonly asked about satellites and space probes.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4862

How Digital Radio Works

Satellite radio is poised to change the way we listen to music. Find out how digital radio gets from Earth to satellite to you!. From HowStuffWorks.com.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/satellite-radio.htm

COBE Satellite

NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite was launched to explore the cosmic microwave background radiation. It has discovered fluctuations in that radiation which are important to big bang ...